Twee studies van de rechterhand van Pieter Rink before 1931

Isaac Israels’ quick pencil drawing captures two studies of the right hand of Pieter Rink. Look at how the artist has built up the form with short, scribbled lines. I can almost feel the motion of the hand, the scratching of the pencil on the page. The drawing feels like a thought, a fleeting moment of observation, and I imagine Israels, hunched over his paper, trying to capture the essence of the hand’s gesture. What was he thinking about as he drew? The weight of the hand, the way the light fell across the knuckles? The marks are tentative, searching, and open up a space of contemplation around the artwork. You can see the exchange of ideas across time, where artists inspire one another’s creativity, embracing ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations.